Archives for June 2012

My first permanent office, a sublet space in a marble-column-ed Class B building down the street from the White House, was hardly the fanciest in Washington D.C., particularly back in the mid-'90s when big law firm partners still tried to impress clients with mahogany conference room tables and … [Read more...]

Depending upon where you live, you may have seen William Shatner shilling for law firms like Alabama-based Slocumb Law Firm on television. Poor production quality notwithstanding, Slocumb's television advertising comes with a hefty price tag. According to the Washington Legal Times, Mike Slocumb … [Read more...]

This month's issue of the Atlantic brings yet another voice in the endless, evolving discussion of Why Women Still Can't Have It All, and what can we do about it? Although I appreciated the honesty of the piece, I don't understand why people as smart as the author, Ann Marie Slaughter, a former … [Read more...]

Granted, I'm not a legal ethics professor or scholar, a marketing guru or an affiliate of a vendor or insurance company that sponsors the ABA. Still, I expected that because I am practicing lawyer (albeit not a virtual one) who takes ethics seriously and bears the brunt of any newfangled … [Read more...]

With a torrent of information streaming through our email, social media channels and RSS feeds daily, most of us have become regimented in filtering. We eyeball headlines, prioritize links from designated Twitter followers, strain articles without a particular tag or search term and use the delete … [Read more...]

Last week, I posted here about the Art, Science & Ethics of the 21st Century Retainer Agreement, a new program that I initially rolled out. I've ramped it up even more and the result is a 90 minute webinar, along with a 40+ page ebook with sample clauses, templates, forms and ethics … [Read more...]

No, you're not experiencing a bout of deja vu. You've seen these photos or some similar iteration before. The clay figures. The guy or gal sketching business charts on the glass board. The inspirational road signs. Fish jumping from one bowl to another. Perhaps you stumbled across them online … [Read more...]

About a year ago, in response to then- Above the Law columnist Jay Shepard, I asserted that wanting to run a business is NOT the most important characteristic for lawyers wanting to start their own practice. I postulated that lawyers who hang a shingle for the excitement of running a business … [Read more...]

Sit in on any CLE on social media these days, and you'll be privy to the laundry list of ethics issues that crop up when lawyers use social media. But even though lawyers answer to a higher calling, we're not immune from the rules that govern the masses online. And increasingly, these days, the … [Read more...]

Sometimes, a gut check works just as well as, or better than a guru. More than two years ago, when Nolo was a book publisher rather than a content source for an marketing content provider, I blogged about whether lawyers should use Facebook to market a practice. Ultimately, while I suggested … [Read more...]